Greer, Idaho

Greer, Idaho
Unincorporated community
Greer, Idaho is located in Idaho
Greer, Idaho
Greer, Idaho
Greer, Idaho is located in the United States
Greer, Idaho
Greer, Idaho
Coordinates: 46°23′24″N 116°10′31″W / 46.39000°N 116.17528°W / 46.39000; -116.17528
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountyClearwater
Elevation
1,102 ft (336 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)208, 986
GNIS feature ID396591[1]

Greer is an unincorporated community in Clearwater County, Idaho, on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. Greer is located along the Clearwater River and Idaho State Highway 11, near the junction with U.S. Route 12 (also known as the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway), seven miles (11 km) southeast of Orofino.

The serpentine Highway 11 gains over 2,000 feet (600 m) in elevation up the canyon grade to the Weippe Prairie, where the starving Lewis and Clark Expedition first met the Nez Perce in September 1805, south of present-day Weippe.

History

The former unincorporated community of Fraser was located about three miles (5 km) west of Greer.[2][3]

Greer's population was 70 in 1960.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greer, Idaho
  2. ^ Bing Maps, Fraser, Idaho
  3. ^ "Award contract on Greer grade". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 4, 1920. p. 7.
  4. ^ World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 27.


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